royjohnston Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 Does anyone know how to connect to a fx2n plc via a e 410 HMI. The HMI is connected to a ethernet hub. Quote
royjohnston Posted July 12, 2006 Author Report Posted July 12, 2006 Sorry i meant to say to conect from my laptop so that i can download programs to both the e410 and fx2n plc, whilst the e410 is set up to transparent mode. Quote
Colin Carpenter Posted July 12, 2006 Report Posted July 12, 2006 The way you do it is by using some software called a "Com port redirector". Install this on your laptop and it will set up virtual com ports so that they appear to be serial ports, but in fact are using the ethernet card to transfer data. The "market leader" is a company called Tactical Software, and their software does work well, though it's a little pricy at $100 per com port per laptop. I recently found a company that does one for free at http://www.wut.de/e-58135-11-inus-000.php3 though I have yet to be able to try the software. Should be able to do so in a few weeks time. It would be good to know if this software works OK. You also need to set up the E410 so that the transparent option is "hung" onto the ethernet card, not the serial port. You can download a 30 day trial version of the Tactical Software programme and try it, but I'd be really pleased to know if the free version works OK. Quote
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